Runtime: 96 minutes
Directed by: James Nunn
Starring: Scott Adkins, Ashley Greene, Terence Maynard, Waleed Elgadi, Ryan Phillippe
From: A number of companies… including one tied to the Chicken Soup for the Soul people?!! I can’t explain it.
A standard action film using the one take/real time gimmick… but it was still entertaining. When this was released three years ago, I surprisingly heard little chatter for it. That only came around when its sequel One More Shot came out just recently. As it stars a favorite of mine (Scott Adkins) and features some other names I knew (Ashley Greene, Ryan Phillippe) it was about time I… gave this a shot.
It’s a stock tale involving a squad of Navy SEALs who w/ liaison Greene are to escort a prisoner-who of course is Middle Eastern and of course is tortured by the Americans-from a CIA black site are ambushed by “insurgents” who wish to take him out; it relates to a planned bombing. Indeed, it’s a fact that this is full of cliché which won’t please everyone; the villains are as vile as expected. The prisoner is given a backstory but the entire American military angle will turn off some, and no side eye on my part for this opinion.
The plot wasn’t a revelation; be that as it may, the action did deliver. It will remind you of a videogame; if you don’t mind watching someone play Metal Gear Solid (to use a popular comparison) then there is fun to be had with all the scenes of countless dozens getting mowed down, mainly via gunfire although there’s sometimes martial arts/knife action in addition. The one shot film gimmick manages to work in this case as the focus isn’t always on the SEALs; some time is also spent w/ the A-hole villains and the prisoner.
There is not too much else to say about the picture; the description will determine whether or not you ever want to spend a few bucks on a rental.
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